Carmen Panadero, co-director of IE’s Master in Real Estate Development, new president of WIRES

WIRES (Women in Real Estate Spain) has renewed its board and appointed as its president Carmen Panadero, who will keep promoting the work of female professionals in the sector.

“Being president ofWIRESis a big challenge for me and there is still much to do. WIRES does not want to be a gender-only association. For us it is very important to enhance the image of WIRES as a way to generate opinion in the sector and to be seen in plural, as a key association in our sector,” said Panadero last week after learning of her appointment.

The main challenge facing the co-director of theMaster in Real Estate Developmentas she takes over as president of the board of directors will be promoting female professionals in an industry traditionally dominated by men, as well as breaking the historical gender barriers within the sector.

This goal is also part of the identity of IE School of Architecture and Design, which is committed to promoting women’s talent and raising awareness of their work and ending the inequality that still exists in the world of architecture and design. “We are searching constantly for a balance between the number of male and female students and faculty. Moreover, we also look for faculty who do not teach in the traditional roles,” explains Martha Thorne, the dean of IE School of Architecture and Design. “This is why we have a lot of male professors who are teaching history theory and women professors who are teaching subjects such as mathematics and physics. In our Master in Real Estate Development, we have another example. We have women professors who teach finance and investment, and one of the directors has just been made President of WIRES,” she adds.

Laura Rodríguez Arias is currently assistant to the Director at the IE Center for Diversity. She is also journalist and video editor. She has developed her professional career in several news media. Interested in social and international issues, she has studied and worked in France and Uruguay. She works coordinating the Center’s activities, and also develops its community management.

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